Of course you should take more time if you can, and bring more money while you're at it. This aside:
Your timing is good: Alaska in June or July, Ushuaia in December or January. You'll have to move at a steady pace, but you'll have enough time provided you don't take too many side trips or get too distracted. You'll want to start fairly close to Alaska--Seattle or Vancouver rather than, say, Atlanta or Halifax. You'll want to be sure you're both planning to move steadily--this means riding most days, for quite a few hours each day. If one of you is miserable, the other will be too.
Your budget.....well, 14k in what currency? Euros? Dollars? Kroner? Does this need to cover your airfare to North America? Shipping the bike to North America? Shipping the bike home? Your airfare home?
You said your traveling budget includes some camping and couch surfing. That being the case, US$14,000 will stretch to cover your trip excluding your own airfare and bike shipping at beginning and end. 14k euros might cover shipping and airfare as well, depending on whether the euro nosedives between now and then. But costs are ridiculously variable between one rider and the next. Fuel costs might go up substantially too.
Hope that's helpful.
Mark
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